Sony VPL-VWPRO1 Projector Review

December 24, 2010 - Art Feierman

We calibrate each home theater that is reviewed. It is a pretty standard calibration, there’s always more that can be done by some of the “hi-end” calibrators. Our calibrations, including the VPL-VWPRO1, are normally limited to a grayscale calibration, along with brightness, contrast, color saturation, etc. We did not adjust the individual colors.

Sony VPL-VWPRO1 Basic Settings

In addition to calibrating Red, Green and Blue for a correct grayscale balance (6500K), there are a number of other settings that come into play. Typically Contrast and Brightness (white balance and black balance), need to be done first. Color saturation and gamma also need adjustment.

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Dynamic

Standard

Cinema

User 1

User 2

User 3

Contrast = (90)

90

89

89

90

89

89

Brightness = (50)

51

52

52

51

52

53

Color

(60)

(55)

(50)

(60)50

(55)

(50)40

Tint = (50)

50

50

50

50

50

50

Color Temp

(High)

(Middle)

(Custom 2)

(High)

(Middle)

(Low)

Color Space

(Wide)

(Wide)

(Wide)

(Wide)

(Wide)

(Wide)

Gamma

(5)

(4)

(4)

(5)

(4)

(4)

Lamp Mode

High (unless noted otherwise)

Auto Iris

Off (unless noted otherwise)

All other settings at default (untouched)

Sony VPL-VWPRO1 Post Calibration Grayscale: User 3 (based on Cinema)

Color Temp over IRE Range (Post calibration):

20 IRE

6268

30 IRE

6592

40 IRE

6559

50 IRE

6588

60 IRE

6568

70 IRE

6532

80 IRE

6460

90 IRE

6415

100 IRE

6794

Average gamma

2.22

RGB Settings

Calibration settings for User: Iris off, all other settings same as pre-calibration or as stated below.